/* public static */
void
DistanceToPoint::computeDistance(const geom::LineString& line,
const geom::Coordinate& pt,
PointPairDistance& ptDist)
{
const CoordinateSequence* coordsRO = line.getCoordinatesRO();
const CoordinateSequence& coords = *coordsRO;
size_t npts = coords.size();
if ( ! npts ) return; // can this ever be ?
LineSegment tempSegment;
Coordinate closestPt;
Coordinate* segPts[2] = { &(tempSegment.p0), &(tempSegment.p1) };
tempSegment.p0 = coords.getAt(0);
for (size_t i=1; i<npts; ++i)
{
*(segPts[i%2]) = coords.getAt(i);
// this is somewhat inefficient - could do better
tempSegment.closestPoint(pt, closestPt);
ptDist.setMinimum(closestPt, pt);
}
}
void MaximalSubline::MatchCriteria::maximalNearestSubline(LineSegment& a,
LineSegment& b) const
{
Coordinate a1, a2;
Coordinate b1, b2;
a.closestPoint(b.p0, a1);
a.closestPoint(b.p1, a2);
b.closestPoint(a.p0, b1);
b.closestPoint(a.p1, b2);
a.p0 = a1;
a.p1 = a2;
b.p0 = b1;
b.p1 = b2;
}
